Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish

The Guide to Eating Ontario Sport Fish is published every other year by the Ministry of the Environment in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources.

Staff at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ministry of the Environment collect fish which are analyzed at the Ministry of the Environment laboratory in Toronto. The fish are analyzed for a variety of substances, including mercury, PCBs, mirex, DDT and dioxins. Samples have been tested from 1860 locations in Ontario’s inland lakes and rivers and the Canadian waters of the Great Lakes. This new edition incorporates approximately 120,000 test results performed on about 12,000 samples, and also provides consumption advice for about 100 more locations than the last edition. 
 

The Sport Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program, which started in 1976, is the largest testing and advisory program of its kind in North America. 

For further information on the program or results in the Guide, contact:

Sport Fish Contaminant Monitoring Program
Ministry of the Environment
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
125 Resources Road
Etobicoke, ON M9P 3V6

Telephone: (416) 327-6816
Hotline: 1-800-820-2716
E-mail: sportfish.moe@ontario.ca